The Land Beyond the Forest: Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania
by E. Gerard
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- THE LAND BEYOND THE FOREST.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL.
- CHAPTER III. POLITICAL.
- CHAPTER IV. ARRIVAL IN TRANSYLVANIA—FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
- CHAPTER V. SAXON HISTORICAL FEAST—LEGEND.
- CHAPTER VI. THE SAXONS: CHARACTER—EDUCATION—RELIGION.
- CHAPTER VII. SAXON VILLAGES.
- CHAPTER VIII. SAXON INTERIORS—CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER IX. SAXON CHURCHES AND SIEGES.
- CHAPTER X. THE SAXON VILLAGE PASTOR.
- CHAPTER XI. THE SAXON BROTHERHOODS—NEIGHBORHOODS AND VILLAGE HANN.
- CHAPTER XII. THE SAXONS: DRESS—SPINNING AND DANCING.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE SAXONS: BETROTHAL.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE SAXONS: MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER XV. THE SAXONS: BIRTH AND INFANCY.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE SAXONS: DEATH AND BURIAL.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR ORIGIN.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR RELIGION, POPAS, AND CHURCHES.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE ROUMANIANS: THEIR CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XX. ROUMANIAN LIFE.
- CHAPTER XXI. ROUMANIAN MARRIAGE AND MORALITY.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE ROUMANIANS: DANCING, SONGS, MUSIC, STORIES, AND PROVERBS.
- CHAPTER XXIII. ROUMANIAN POETRY.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE ROUMANIANS: NATIONALITY AND ATROCITIES.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE ROUMANIANS: DEATH AND BURIAL—VAMPIRES AND WERE-WOLVES.
- CHAPTER XXVI. ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION: DAYS AND HOURS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. ROUMANIAN SUPERSTITION—CONTINUED: ANIMALS, WEATHER, MIXED SUPERSTITIONS, SPIRITS, SHADOWS, ETC.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. SAXON SUPERSTITION: REMEDIES, WITCHES, WEATHER-MAKERS.
- CHAPTER XXIX. SAXON SUPERSTITION—CONTINUED: ANIMALS, PLANTS, DAYS.
- CHAPTER XXX. SAXON CUSTOMS AND DRAMAS.
- CHAPTER XXXI. BURIED TREASURES.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE TZIGANES: LISZT AND LENAU.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TZIGANES: THEIR LIFE AND OCCUPATIONS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE TZIGANES: HUMOR, PROVERBS, RELIGION, AND MORALITY.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE GYPSY FORTUNE-TELLER.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE TZIGANE MUSICIAN.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. GYPSY POETRY.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SZEKLERS AND ARMENIANS.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. FRONTIER REGIMENTS.
- CHAPTER XL. WOLVES, BEARS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.
- CHAPTER XLI. A ROUMANIAN VILLAGE.
- CHAPTER XLII. A GYPSY CAMP.
- CHAPTER XLIII. THE BRUCKENTHALS.
- CHAPTER XLIV. STILL-LIFE AT HERMANSTADT—A TRANSYLVANIAN CRANFORD.
- CHAPTER XLV. FIRE AND BLOOD—THE HERMANSTADT MURDER.
- CHAPTER XLVI. THE KLAUSENBURG CARNIVAL.
- CHAPTER XLVII. JOURNEY FROM HERMANSTADT TO KRONSTADT.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. KRONSTADT.
- CHAPTER XLIX. SINAÏA.
- CHAPTER L. UP THE MOUNTAINS.
- CHAPTER LI. THE BULEA SEE.
- CHAPTER LII. THE WIENERWALD—A DIGRESSION.
- CHAPTER LIII. A WEEK IN THE PINE REGION.
- CHAPTER LIV. LA DUS AND BISTRA.
- CHAPTER LV. A NIGHT IN THE STINA.
- CHAPTER LVI. FAREWELL TO TRANSYLVANIA—THE ENCHANTED GARDEN.
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